Exposed brickwork, vaulted ceilings and terracotta floor tiles feature throughout this renovated Barcelona apartment by Spanish architecture studio CRÜ.
The La Odette apartment was formerly a dark and cramped three-bedroom home located on the second floor of an apartment building that dates back to 1877.
It has been transformed into a spacious two-bedroom residence with bright white-painted brick walls and terracotta floor tiles.

The client asked Barcelona-based CRÜ studio to update the 65-square metre home for modern living while optimising the use of space.
CRÜ studio, formerly known as RÄS, began by removing the partition walls that divided the long and narrow apartment. The result is an open-plan space that provides a brighter environment with improved ventilation.
Bedrooms were relocated to the back of the building ? one with a window overlooking a courtyard and the other with a window that leads to a balcony ? while the living area is located at the front of the building overlooking the street.
A sliding corrugated glass door separates the master bedroom from the living area while allowing light to pass between the two spaces.

"CRÜ worked on contrasts between natural materials to break the volume up into planes and to enhance and reinforce the distribution and use of spaces, which makes the spatial lecture have some complexity," said architect Clàudia Raurell of CRÜ studio.
The studio worked with surface finishes such as white-painted exposed bri...